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Citizenship Lesson Plans
The Anti-Slavery Collective has developed two Citizenship lessons to be delivered to Year 9 students (aged 13-14), with a teacher guide, presentation slides and student handout for progress evaluation.
The lesson plans teach pupils how to identify fair and unfair working practices, examine why exploitation persists, and explore the roles that government, businesses and individual citizens play in shaping work conditions.
If you are a school or education site and want to use the lesson materials with your students, please email fairwork@theantislaverycollective.org.
”I really thought it would be more in countries without laws…but now I feel like it’s happening everywhere.”
Behavioural research report
TASC worked with a specialist behavioural change research agency to gather qualitative and quantitative data on young people’s knowledge and attitudes on labour exploitation.
The 36-page research report summarises our findings on young people’s and their educators’ understanding, gaps and misconceptions, on the issue, and the language and framing that resonate most with young people when learning about labour exploitation. The report is one of the first publications focusing on UK youth’s attitudes and awareness of labour exploitation and forced labour, and has informed the development of our Citizenship lesson plans.
Key research findings included:
| 61% of young people were unaware that unfair work affects young people in the UK |
| Young people find it easy to recognise exploitation at extremes (90% identified coercion, unsafe conditions and restricted movement as exploitation), but lose confidence when it comes to grey areas (e.g. unpaid overtime, no breaks, verbal abuse at work) |
| Young people recognise systemic responsibility: 87% identify governments as responsible for stopping unfair work, 81% identify companies as responsible, 27% identify themselves as responsible |
| Young people want language that is serious, not vague. Many young people understand the term ‘unfair work’ but prefer hearing about ‘labour exploitation’, which they perceive as more serious and credible, and as signalling that systemic harm is occurring |
| Young people want to hear honest accounts of exploitation, without graphic or distressing features, over fictional or symbolic examples |